Open Government 101
Learn the basics of open government and improve the lesson for others!
Summary
Open Government description (from Wikipedia):
Open government is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents and proceedings of the government to allow for effective public oversight...
Among recent developments is the theory of open source governance, which advocates the application of the free software movement to democratic principles, enabling interested citizens to get more directly involved in the legislative process.
Materials:
Read / Skim Open Government published by O'Reilly and recently licensed openly under a CC-BY-NC-ND Unported license and consider these notes and questions:
- What does Open Government mean to you?
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